xb9r > streetfighter build

[truckinduc]

Sketching up some rearsets

 

[heagachongoose]

Is that a crack on the bottom tab of your subframe?

 

[truckinduc]

thats a sharpie line where i bent it.

 

[truckinduc]

also im looking for a damaged airbox cover. I plan on modifying one to make a plug to build a carbon fiber one. Id like to not cut up my good white one.

 

[thrstrmech]

saw a black one on ebay, pinwall cycles, pretty cheap for an airbox, think the decal on one side was missing, wanna say 45 bucks or so

 

[truckinduc]

It's funny how you can buy a complete swingarm for 50$ shipped, but an injection molded piece of plastic goes for more.

 

[truckinduc]

Mufflers arrived

 

[heagachongoose]

It's funny how you can buy a complete swingarm for 50$ shipped, but an injection molded piece of plastic goes for more.

There is a lot more expense and work that goes into that injection molded piece of plastic than what people think.


Curios to see what you will do with those cans.

 

[truckinduc]

I know what goes into injection molding. I've made many of the molds themselves, they are very labor intensive to make. .010" thick slits for vacuum 4" into a block of aluminum isn't easy.

Still I think a multi piece cast, assembled, welded then machined swingarm should cost more. I'm not complaining about my 50$ donor swingarm to cut up though.

 

[heagachongoose]

Right. The molds are the easy part

I have always found it odd how cheaply a buell swingarm can be had for. Due to the complexity of the xb swingarm compared to most other bikes, one would think they would be a little pricier.

 

[truckinduc]

Started on the first pieces for the rearsets.

 

[pur pony]

looking good! Ive had my triple tree set all designed for the last year, Just havnt had time to program and make it.

 

[truckinduc]

Cool. What is your design? Stock geometry or altered?

 

[truckinduc]

Bought a donor swingarm to cut up.

 

[truckinduc]

Finished the first pieces to the adjustable rearsets.

 

[08herobolt]

Great start. You have some real skill my friend. You could sell a lot of the stuff you've made so far.

 

[truckinduc]

Made the next parts for the rearsets

And made these little spacers that will let me accurately measure the tapped rearset hole locations

 

[seth86]

Pretty man

 

[gbalias]

its great to have access to tools like that.

all the machines i programmed/ran at the old shop were too large. we were turning pistons that were 790mm diameter, 1500kg.


i been eyeing the PM45 mill for the house to possibly convert it later.....but a used TM-1 would suffice. lol

 

[truckinduc]

I run big and small stuff. A personal tm1 would be very nice though.